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During the past weekend, we finally tried out the WarCraft boardgame..

I'd hate to say "I told you so", but "I told you so". Upon reading about the game online, I predicted something that's based on the esteemed "Settlers of Catan" with some elements of combat built in. To my dismay, the combat system is very similar to "Risk" - a popular game, I admit, but far too random in my humble opinion. Seperating combat into ranged, flying and melee was a step in the right direction, but an extremely lucky roll is still way to powerful, as our game on Saturday proved.

Before I get lots of hate comments from unfortunate googlers, I'm not saying the game sucks, and rolling a myriad of six-sided dice is a valid method for determining victory - I've seen much better however. Exploring some of the methods used in "Magic the Gathering" might be advantageous, and we will certainly explore some possibilities - the hardest part being to keep the races well balanced.

The game was slow...very slow - something that might get better once all the rules are well known, but still a bit cumbersome with regards to the amount of gamepieces for as little as 2 players (with a maximum of 4). Three player games has problems with balance, as two players invariably gangs up on a player during a weak turn.

I'll consider adding more feedback, if we ever play the game again.